Fuel cell system
a fuel cell and system technology, applied in the field of fuel cell systems, can solve the problems of increasing the operation cost of the entire fuel cell system, the power supply device must produce a large amount of electrical power, etc., and achieve the effect of reducing the energy consumption of the auxiliary power supply, increasing the electric energy usage of the load, and reducing the operation cost of the overall fuel cell system
Inactive Publication Date: 2005-12-29
SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD
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The present invention provides a fuel cell system that can handle an overloaded fuel cell by using output electric energy from a stack. The system includes a buffer unit that adjusts the amount of hydrogen supplied from the reformer to the stack based on the usage electric energy of the load. This allows for a reduction in energy consumption and operation cost of the overall fuel cell system. Additionally, the system includes a first buffer unit that delivers auxiliary power to the load and a second buffer unit that stores excess hydrogen and supplies it to the stack when the usage electric energy exceeds a predetermined reference level.
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However, in the conventional fuel cell system, because the electrically overloaded state of the fuel cell is remedied with the auxiliary power supply device applying the auxiliary power to the load, the auxiliary power supply device must produce a large amount of electrical power.
This increases the operation cost of the entire fuel cell system.
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[0028]FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a fuel cell system according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a detailed view of FIG. 1. The fuel cell system 100 is typically built within an electronic device such as a notebook, a personal computer, a PDA, a mobile terminal, or the like which constitute a load for the fuel cell system 100. The fuel cell system 100 is a system for generating electric energy through an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen and supplying the electric energy to the load.
[0029] The fuel cell system 100 of the present invention may employ a PEMFC for generating hydrogen. The fuel used for the fuel cell system 100 may include a hydrogen-containing fuel such as methanol, ethanol, or natural gas. While the hydrogen-containing fuel may be a liquid or a gas, for convenience of description, only a liquid fuel is assumed in the discussion of the various embodiments.
[0030] The fuel cell system 100 may utilize pure oxygen sto...
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Abstract
An adaptable fuel cell system is provided that includes a stack generating electric energy through an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen and applying the electric energy to a load, a reformer reforming a fuel to generate the hydrogen supplied to the stack, a fuel supply unit supplying the fuel to the reformer, an oxygen supply unit supplying the oxygen to the stack, a first buffer unit electrically coupled to the load applying an auxiliary power to the load based on usage electric energy of the load, a second buffer unit coupled to the reformer and the stack adjusting the hydrogen supplied from the reformer to the stack based on the usage electric energy of the load, and a control unit detecting a reference electric energy of the stack and the usage electric energy of the load and controlling the buffer units based on the usage electric energy.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2004-0049296 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Jun. 29, 2004, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to a fuel cell system, and more particularly to, a fuel cell system having an improved electrical response characteristic capable of responding to electric energy requirements of a load. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] A fuel cell is an electricity generating system converting the chemical reaction energy of a chemical reaction between oxygen and hydrogen into electric energy. The hydrogen used in the reaction may be contained in hydrocarbon materials such as methanol, ethanol, and natural gas. [0004] Recently developed polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) have excellent output characteristic, low operating temperatures, and fast starti...
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IPC IPC(8): H01M8/04H01M8/06H01M8/10H01M16/00
CPCH01M8/04201H01M8/04223Y02E60/50H01M16/006H01M2008/1095H01M8/0612Y02E60/10H01M8/241H01M8/04225H01M8/04H01M8/2457
Inventor LEE, DONG-YUN
Owner SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD